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1954 United States Capitol shooting
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1954 United States Capitol attack
Location Washington, D.C.
Date March 1, 1954
Target United States Capitol (chamber of the
House of Representatives)
Attack type
Shooting
Weapons Semi-automatic pistols:
Walther P38 9mm,
Luger P08 9mm,
Artillery Luger 9mm.
[1]
Deaths 0
Injured 5 (
Alvin M. Bentley,
Clifford Davis,
Ben F. Jensen,
George Hyde Fallon, and
Kenneth A. Roberts)
Perpetrators Lolita Lebrón,
Rafael Cancel Miranda,
Andrés Figueroa Cordero, and
Irvin Flores Rodríguez
Motive Puerto Rican independence movement
Part of a series on the
Puerto Rican
Nationalist Party
Flag of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
Notable nationalists
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The
1954 United States Capitol shooting was an attack on March 1, 1954, by four
Puerto Rican nationalists who sought to promote the cause of Puerto Rico's independence from US rule. They fired 30 rounds from semi-automatic pistols onto the legislative floor from the
Ladies' Gallery (a balcony for visitors) of the
House of Representatives chamber within the
United States Capitol.
The nationalists, identified as
Lolita Lebrón,
Rafael Cancel Miranda,
Andres Figueroa Cordero, and
Irvin Flores Rodríguez, unfurled a
Puerto Rican flag and began shooting at Representatives in the
83rd Congress, who were debating an
immigration bill. Five Representatives were wounded, one seriously, but all recovered. The assailants were arrested, tried and convicted in federal court, and given long sentences, amounting to life imprisonment. In 1978 and 1979, their sentences were commuted by President
Jimmy Carter.
[2] All four returned to Puerto Rico.
